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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMn 03-21-06 43 MINUTES #2607 CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2006, 5:00 P.M. Mayor Blackie Holmes opened the meeting of the City Council. Present were Mayor Pro Tempore Jim Roberts and Councilmembers Syd Carter, Kelly Walker and Harry Shawver. Also in attendance were City Manager Bob Livingston, City Attorney Rob Dillard and City Secretary Nina Wilson. A WARDS AND RECOGNITION RECOGNITION OF SCOUT SCOTT MARSHALL: Since the 1930's, various memorials have been installed within the eight major parks of the city's park system. In an effort to inventory the memorials, staff developed an Eagle Scout project to document memorial names and locations at these park sites. This Park Memorial and Monument Inventory Eagle Scout Project was recently completed by Scott Marshall. A Certificate of Appreciation was presented to him by Mayor Pro Tern Roberts. The Park Memorial and Monument Inventory document will be exhibited at City Hall with the Memorial Tree Program inventory booklet. Mayor Pro Tern Roberts moved approval of the Consent Agenda. Councilmember Walker seconded, and the vote was unanimous to approve the following: CONSENT AGENDA CONSIDER FINAL PAYMENT TO SYB CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. FOR WATER, SANITARY AND STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, ALLEY AND STREET PAVING, AND CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 FOR WATER IMPROVEMENTS ALONG SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD, PROJECT NO. 46310: Change Order No. 1 was for the installation of a fire hydrant with an 8" water line along Southwestern. The final payment was in the amount of$124,084.93. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES: The minutes were approved for March 7, 2006. MAIN AGENDA CONSIDER REQUEST FROM PARK CITIES BAPTIST CHURCH TO USE CITY STREETS FOR 5K RUN: The run will take place on Saturday, June 3, 2006, 8:00-10:30 a.m. with approximately 200-300 runners. The purpose of the run is to familiarize the community with the church and help raise funds for the indoor/outdoor preschooler playgrounds at the new Community Life Center. The route will be: south on Pickwick from the church to Bryn Mawr, to Tulane, south to Amherst, east on Amherst to Turtle Creek, north on Turtle Creek to Villanova, west back to Pickwick and to the church. Councilmember Shawver moved approval of the request. Councilmember Carter seconded, and the vote was unanimous to approve the request for the 5K Run using city streets. 44 DISCUSS REQUEST FROM VENTURE COMMERCIAL TO ALLOW PARKING ALONG SOUTH SIDE, 4000 BLOCK WENTWOOD: This item was continued to the April 4, 2006 city council meeting. CONSIDER INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL SNIDER PLAZA NEWS RACKS AT INTERSECTIONS OF HILLCREST/MCFARLIN AND HILLCREST/ASBURY: There are two areas outside the existing Snider Plaza retail district that are candidates for a modular news rack installation. At the intersections of Hillcrest/McFarlin and Hillcrest/Asbury, there are several independent news racks that pose potential dangers to pedestrians and vehicular traffic, while also detracting from the overall aesthetics of the area. Staff recommended installing fourteen (14) individual boxes at each location for a total of twenty-eight (28) additional individual boxes. Due to the physical constraints of the locations, staff will seek the assistance of adjacent property owners in placing the city-owned news racks on private property. The purchase and installation of additional news racks will cost approximately $20,000. Councilmember Shawver moved approval of the installation of additional news racks at the intersections of Hillcrest/McFarlin and Hillcrest/Asbury. Mayor Pro Tern Roberts seconded, and the vote was unanimous to approve installation of additional news racks. DISCUSS RED LIGHT CAMERAS: Red Light Cameras are now being used in several area cities in order to reduce the number of accidents caused by violations, as well as, the number of violations. University Park has the opportunity to join with Garland, Texas and A.C.S, a Dallas- based company, to install red light cameras at pre-selected intersections. There will be no cost to the city to purchase the equipment or maintain it. A set fee will be agreed upon between A.C.S. and University Park, and those fees will come from monies collected by violators caught by the red light cameras. A.C.S. has perfected their system and offers digital video, as opposed to the less reliable VHS tapes. The addition of such cameras will assist the University Park Police Department in enforcing red light violations and in making our streets safer to travel. Traffic enforcement was one area residents reported they wished to see increase in the recent citywide survey. Mayor Holmes moved that the city go forward to the next level at necessary intersections. Councilmember Shawver seconded, and the vote was unanimous to approve red light cameras. CONSIDER ORDINANCE TO AMEND CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 4.100 PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS: Currently, the city requires solicitors to apply for a permit with the University Park Police Department. A permit may be refused by the Chief of Police if an applicant has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving a crime of moral turpitude. Because most of the applicants are from out of state, the process of completing an investigation in a timely manner is difficult, if not sometimes impossible. In order to streamline the process, a request was made to amend the ordinance so that the burden is placed on an applicant to provide arrest and conviction records at the time an application is submitted and that permits not be issued to any person wanted by another agency in another state where it shows the offense is above or comparable with a Class C Misdemeanor in Texas. Mayor Pro Tern Roberts moved approval of the ordinance. Councilmember Walker seconded, and the vote was unanimous to amend the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Article 4.100 Peddlers and Solicitors. 45 ORDINANCE NO. 06/05 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 4.100 PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS TO REQUIRE INCLUSION OF ARREST AND CONVICTION RECORDS; AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO DENY PERMITS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTNE DATE. CONSIDER AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR P ANASONIC MOBILE DATA COMPUTERS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS: In October 2001, the city implemented mobile computing in police and fire vehicles. Since the mobile computing solution was implemented, HTE, the city's public safety software vendor, has upgraded the mobile software twice, and the city has replaced the wireless network with Verizon's high-speed EVDO (Evolution Data Optimized) technology. The only remaining pieces of the mobile computing infrastructure requiring an upgrade are the Panasonic CF-27 laptop computers and docking stations in the vehicles. Councilmember Shawver moved approval of awarding the contract for Panasonic Mobile Data Computers to CDW-G for $103,312. Councilmember Carter seconded, and the vote was unanimous to award the contract to Panasonic Mobile Data Computers. DISCUSS CHANGING DATE FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FROM JULY 5 TO JULY 6: Since the 4th of July holiday falls on a Tuesday this year, the suggestion was made to move the city council meeting to Thursday, July 6 at 4:00 p.m., and, since Mayor Holmes will be out of the city on May 2, it was also suggested that the meeting for that date be changed to May 9, 2006. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. PASSED AND APPROVED this 4th of April 2006. ATTEST: 46